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Jason Solomons's Trailer Trashhttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/dec/12/trailer-trash-martin-freeman-nina-simone-mary-j-blige
A tough crowd at the Bifas, why Airplane II should have been an entirely different movie, and avoiding the wrath of Nina Simone<p>Martin Freeman hops off to New Zealand in January to play Bilbo Baggins. He was at the Bifas last week, and at BBC London radio, following me around like a little hobbity thing. Go to Middle-earth, I said, and seize your huge break of a role. "I'll give it a go," he said. You don't seem too happy about it, I ventured. "Oh, well," he said, perking up a bit, "I'll try to do as good a job as possible and not muck it up." Freeman clearly fears being away from his lovely family for so long but will nevertheless be in good company in New Zealand, with Bifa host James Nesbitt, whose new head of hair looked surprisingly good, I thought. After he'd hosted the long evening of awards, Nesbitt was muttering: "Toughest crowd, so tough."</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/dec/12/trailer-trash-martin-freeman-nina-simone-mary-j-blige">Continue reading...</a>FilmComedyDocumentaryJazzMusicMartin FreemanJames NesbittAwards and prizesCultureSun, 12 Dec 2010 00:07:41 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/dec/12/trailer-trash-martin-freeman-nina-simone-mary-j-bligePhotograph: Graeme RobertsonMary J Blige: slated to play Nina Simone in a forthcoming biopic. Photograph: Graeme RobertsonPhotograph: Graeme RobertsonMary J Blige: slated to play Nina Simone in a forthcoming biopic. Photograph: Graeme RobertsonJason Solomons2010-12-12T00:07:41ZJason Solomon's trailer trashhttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/mar/30/comedy
<p><strong>Sly admiration</strong></p><p>Sylvester Stallone has become the unlikely champion of a little British comedy. Sly was won over by the charms of Son of Rambow, which opens on Friday, after he asked for a special screening of the Eighties-set film about two schoolboys who make home movies on a video camera after being inspired by him in First Blood. Stallone had given his permission to film-makers Garth Jennings and Nick Goldsmith before they even began making their comedy and has apparently followed its progress from afar while making his own latest Rambo.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/mar/30/comedy">Continue reading...</a>FilmComedyCultureSun, 30 Mar 2008 00:04:32 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/mar/30/comedyJason Solomon2008-03-30T00:04:32Z